Top News Stories about Fr. Holley

November 2015 | EL PASO TIMES – “Victims of a predatory priest who served in El Paso and Alamogordo helped provide the impetus for the Boston Globe investigation that revealed a widespread cover-up by the Catholic Church highlighted by the movie “Spotlight.”” READ STORY

August 1997 | DALLAS MORNING NEWS – By Brooks Egerton — “A National Conference of Catholic Bishops leader and several other top clerics knowingly allowed a child-molesting priest to work for at least 20 years in Massachusetts, New Mexico, West Texas and Colorado, their correspondence shows. Repeated transfers of the now imprisoned Rev. David Holley provide a case-study in how bishops have cooperated to protect pedophiles in the priesthood.” READ REPORT ON PDF

August 1997 | DALLAS MORNING NEWS – “Top Catholic officials knowingly allowed the Rev. David A. Holley to work in more than a dozen parishes or hospitals in Massachusetts, New Mexico, Texas and Colorado according to church documents reviewed by The Dallas Morning News. Here are excerpts from their correspondence about or with Fr. Holley.” READ REPORT ON PDF

August 1993 | Newsweek’s first cover issue devoted to the Catholic Church sex abuse problem profiles several priests, including Fr. David Holley, a priest accused of molesting children in Massachusetts, New Mexico, and Texas. READ ARTICLE ON PDF

June 1993 | ALAMOGORDO DAILY NEWS – “Former Roman Catholic Priest David A. Holley was sentenced to the maximum term in prison Friday for the sexual abuse of eight Alamogordo boys during the early 1970s. . . Five of the victims, now men in their 30s, asked to court to be allowed to speak during the hearing.” READ REPORT ON PDF

December 1992 | ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL — “An Albuquerque man said he buried the memories but not the voice of the priest he says sexually abused him years ago. Seven men went public with their accusations against the former Alamagordo pastor.” READ REPORT ON PDF

This is Phil Saviano’s first-ever interview about his childhood sexual assaults by Worcester Diocese priest David Holley. The Boston Globe Page One story was written by investigative reporter Steve Kurkjian. Earlier in the week, Holley faced similar allegations from victims in New Mexico who said he had assaulted them there in the 1970s. Phil asked the Globe to shield his identity in this first interview. He was concerned that if the Diocese knew of his personal and health matters, they would use the information to try to quickly discredit him, before other victims found the courage to come forward themselves. SEE ORIGINAL ARTICLE ON PDF